Addenbrooke’s Hospital creates a calming environment with CT scanner wraps

The CT department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, has had a scanner wrapped in nature-themed vinyls. Senior radiographer Jodi Gooding said the aim of the design – as with an MRI scanner that was wrapped last year – was to “bring the outside in.”

As part of the design, from Grosvenor Interiors, the ring of the Siemens Healthineers scanner is wrapped in a green, leafy design against the backdrop of a bright blue sky, with the walls of the windowless room covered with a photo of a bluebell wood, showing sun through the branches of the trees.

Gooding pointed out that because the scanner is not enclosed, as in the case of an MRI scanner, most patients do go through with their scan first time. However, there have been cases where patients have not completed their scan or struggled to do so. She said: “It’s made a huge difference to patients. There is no natural light in here so people always comment about that because now it feels like there is. It makes the room look much lighter and less clinical, and it appears less scary. I think for the adults it is much more calming but for the children it feels less clinical.”

The wrap was funded by supporters of Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT). Addenbrooke’s has a total of five CT scanners on site and two that are remote, with the department applying for more funds from ACT to wrap the next scanner.

“The newly wrapped CT room and scanner provides a calm environment that helps put patients at ease during their scan,” CT service manager David Biddle said.

Lead picture: Danni Smith and Cheryl Elvy from Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust with senior radiographer Jodi Gooding and CT service manager David Biddle with a Siemens Healthineers CT system that has had a nature-themed visual revamp from Grosvenor Interiors.

Read this report on page 3 of the December 2025 issue of RAD Magazine.